Open Source · Community Funded

FUEL THE
FUTURE.

Helix OS is built in the open, for everyone. No investors. No corporate agenda. Just Rust, caffeine, and your support.

Donations are currently handled via Ko-fi

Our GitHub Sponsors account is pending approval — we'll migrate as soon as it's live.

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Lines of Rust
100% #![no_std]
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Workspace Crates
All hot-swappable
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Architectures
x86_64 · AArch64 · RISC-V
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Corporate Owners
Community-driven forever
Full Transparency

Where Your Money Actually Goes

Every dollar is tracked and reported quarterly.100% transparent, 0% corporate overhead.

40%

Infrastructure

CI runners, servers, domain & hosting, multi-arch hardware for testing.

30%

Engineering

Contributor stipends, bounty programs, and part-time maintainer funding.

20%

Documentation

Technical writing, diagrams, tutorials, and video content.

10%

Community

Conference sponsorships, swag, Discord bots, and outreach.

Infrastructure · 40%
Engineering · 30%
Documentation · 20%
Community · 10%
Quarterly audits published openly · 100% tracked

Funding Milestones

Every dollar brings us closer to the next goal.

Dedicated CI runners

72%
$360 raised$500 / mo

Part-time maintainer

28%
$560 raised$2,000 / mo

Full-time engineer

8%
$400 raised$5,000 / mo

Choose Your Level of Impact

Recurring subscriptions give us stability. One-time gifts are equally welcome.

Supporter

Buy the team a coffee

$5one-time

Every dollar keeps the lights on and the compiler running.

  • Name in CREDITS.md
  • Supporter badge on Discord
  • Our eternal gratitude

Contributor

Fuel continuous development

$25/ month

Directly fund kernel engineering, CI infrastructure, and documentation.

  • Everything in Supporter
  • Early access to releases
  • Contributor role on Discord
  • Vote on feature priorities
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Sponsor

Core sponsorship

$100/ month

Your brand on the README, the website, and every release.

  • Everything in Contributor
  • Logo on GitHub README
  • Logo on helix-wiki homepage
  • Direct access to maintainers
  • Quarterly progress reports

Platinum

Enterprise partnership

$500/ month

Shape the future of open-source operating systems.

  • Everything in Sponsor
  • Large logo placement
  • Feature request priority
  • Monthly 1:1 with core team
  • Custom integration support
  • Mentioned in release notes

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Full Transparency, Always

Helix OS is MIT-licensed and will always be free and open-source. Donations go directly to infrastructure, tooling, and contributor stipends. We publish a quarterly spending report in our GitHub Discussions — because trust is earned, not assumed.